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Chris Van Hollen: “That's a self-inflicted wound. That's a wound that this country cannot afford.”

On the recordSeptember 25, 2013
That's a self-inflicted wound. That's a wound that this country cannot afford.
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Chris Van Hollen
Democratic · Maryland

Editor's note · Context

He criticizes the sequester for causing job losses.

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